Improvement in hinges for beds



T. Q. HALL.

HIN" G E S F 0 R B E D S.

No. 177,711. Pd t t tt y23, 1876.

UNITED STA Es PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS I'HALL, 'OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT lN HINGES FOR BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No/ 177,71 1, dated May 23, 1876; application filed January 3, 1876.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS Q. HALL, of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, have invented an Improvement in Hinges for Bed- Lounges, of which the following is a specification The nature and object of the invention will be fully understood from the following general description and the annexed drawings.

Figure l is an edge view of the hinge extended; Fig. 2, the same closed; Fig. 3, the same extended on a section of a bed-lounge.

The hinge consists principally of the four pieces a, b, 0', and d; a and d, which are plates of sheet metal, are joined together at i,'1n a hinge-joint,such as is shownin the drawing. 12, which is also a plate of sheet metal, is joined to d in the same manner at e. 0 is still another plate of sheet metal, fastened to d, between the joints 0 and-i, as shownin the drawing, the Whole to. be fastened upon a lounge, as shown in Fig. 3. When this hinge is-open, on account of its double joint 0 2', it

will give ample room for the moldings 19, so

that they will not mar each other.

When the lounge is closed, it will be found, first, that by reason of its peculiar construcway of upholstery; second, that the plate 0, by reason of its peculiar construction and arrangement, holds the hinge, so that the folding-leaf of the lounge is entirely steady and all weaving about and side motion prevented,

forming in all a simple, cheap, and useful lounge-hinge.

I olairn p 1. In a double-jointed hinge, theplate c,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 3

2. The combination and arrangement of the plates a, b, 0, and d, in a double-jointed hinge, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing specification I have hereuntoset my hand this 24th day of December, 1875. j

V Attest:

N,-PownLI., F. M. MCDONALD.

THOMAS Q. HALL. 

